baritone

UK: /ˈbærɪtəʊn/ US: /ˈbærɪˌtoʊn/ ,(bar′i tōn′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bar•i•tone /ˈbærɪˌtoʊn/   n. [countable]

1. Music and Dance a male singing part lower than a tenor and higher than a bass.
2. Music and Dance a singer with such a voice.

See -ton-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bar•i•tone  (bar′i tōn′), [Music.]
n. 

1. Music and Dance a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
2. Music and Dance a singer with such a voice.
3. Music and Dance a large, valved brass instrument shaped like a trumpet or coiled in oval form, used esp. in military bands.

adj. 

4. Music and Dance of or pertaining to a baritone;
   having the compass of a baritone.

Also, barytone. 

• Greek barýtonos deep-sounding. See barytone²
• Italian baritono low voice
• 1600–10

bar′i•ton′al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

baritone / ˈbærɪˌtəʊn/ noun

1. the second lowest adult male voice, having a range approximately from G an eleventh below middle C to F a fourth above it
2. a singer with such a voice
3. the second lowest instrument in the families of the saxophone, horn, oboe, etc

adjective

1. relating to or denoting a baritone

Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian baritono a deep voice, from Greek barutonos deep-sounding, from barus heavy, low + tonos tone